Gogg thats an Encephelartos, not a Cycas - Ive never heard of 'Cycas dijon' before and a google search shows nothing. Was it sold to you as Cycas dijon or as an Encephelartos?

Id be having serious words with the vendor either way, thats no way to treat a plant

But as far as getting the plant back on track, sun and heat are what Encephelartos love. Dont let them stay wet as Encephelartos can be very susceptible to root pathogens. Moist and well drained is best but remember full sun and hot hot HOT!

And Id even be inclined to cut off all of the damaged fronds to try to encourage it to flush for you.

Good luck let us know how it goes.

*EDIT* Another close look at your cycad and Dioon spinulosum comes to mind, which could explain the 'Dijon'. Same advice as above if it is.

Recycling bin , what a shame Goggle. I'm ruthless though when it comes to plants and highly impatient, this week I have chucked a large aloe, last week slung out my strelitzia. Everyone will be recoiling in horror, I just can't handle sickly looking plants.

Goggle i hope it pulls through for you, I'm sure it is a splendid plant in full health, do you have the patience and inclination?

Looks like a Dioon to me too. Unfortunately it looks like it's flushed recently, so any new leaves are little way off. My advice is also keep it warm and sunny, don't remove any green parts of leaves and repot it into a clay pot in a gritty loam compost. Don't over water though (if the compost is about 1/3 grit shouldn't be a problem) and yes a weak foliar feed would be good. Good luck, still a bargain as well !

Thanks Gary, I've now moved it inside to a warm and sunny spot and trimmed off the crispy bits. It does have a few fairly healthy looking fronds so hopefully will decide to flush again soon.

Yes Trudy, I've got the patience to do the TLC thing with cycads but if it were a palm I'd have binned it already. Because Cycads are so slow growing I'm happy to work at their pace, they're basically very low maintenance plants anyway.

Do these behave in the same way as Revoluta and flush every other year?